Command Master Chief Arrested for Attempted Child Rape

The command master chief of Naval Base Kitsap, suspected of
arranging a meeting with two 12-year-old twins for sex at a local
motel, has been booked into the Kitsap County jail.

Edward Eugene Scott, 43, has been allegedly chatting over the
Internet with what he thought was a mother who had a 12-year old twin
boy and girl -- but it turned out to be an undercover agent with the
Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

The online conversations "became very graphic and specifically
involved the 'mother' and both children," according to a press release
from the Bremerton Police Department. The investigation was about a
month long, police said.

"Scott provided graphic detail of specific sex acts he wanted to
perform, and which he wanted the children to perform as well," police
added.

The prolonged chats were "sexually explicit" and "graphic in
nature," said Bremerton Police Detective Sgt. Kevin Crane, and
eventually a meeting was set up for 5 a.m. this morning at a local
motel.

Scott, the highest Navy enlisted person at Naval Base Kitsap, was
supposed to report to work by 7:30 a.m., Crane said.

Scott apparently entered the lobby and spoke with a woman he
believed to be the mother -- actually an undercover agent -- who
started to lead him to a room before Scott was met by Bremerton police
detectives and arrested.

He was booked into the Kitsap County jail for second-degree
attempted rape of a child and communication with a minor for immoral
purposes, with bail set initially at $500,000.